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Corprinellus sp.
Coprinellus is a genus of mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus was first described by Petter Karsten in 1879. Many of these species appear similar and require microscopic analysis to differentiate and identify.
Coprinellus is a common genus of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae with most species having a cosmopolitan distribution. Coprinellus species often occur in nitrogen-rich habitats such as muck soils, dung, wet soft decayed wood, lawns, garden soils.
Spotted in Mount Warning National Park, Australia
Spotted on Mar 15, 2010
Submitted on May 17, 2014
4 Comments
Two, very beautiful, gray photos....two, very beautiful photos, of mushrooms and trees....two, very interesting photos....
Great location jae :-) Yes try to capture under shots for fungi.
Hello gully.moy,
and thank you for your comment, I'll give it a try.
Very nice picture, do you have any close ups thought to aid with identification? You could always take a crop of the original full sized image and upload it to give us more detail. I suspect a Coprinellus species.